What you should know about the Champions League season 2021-22

Thomas Tuchel

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The start of this season's Champions League is in full swing with some teams playing in the 2021-22 qualifiers.

However, the winners of this year's competition are already well known, especially those who won last year's trophy and those who did not.

This season's Champions League will feature five teams from La Liga, after Villareal won the Europa League, beating Manchester United last season.

Teams that have already qualified for this year's competition:

Top three : Chelsea, Villarreal, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Lille, Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Second tier : Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Sevilla, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund.

Third tier : Ajax, Leipzig, Atalanta, FC Porto, Zenit.

Maybe add in the third pot: Holder and Besiktas, Dynamo Kiev, Club Brugge.

Fourth pot : AC Milan, Wolfsburg.

This means that there are still six places up for grabs via the qualification phase, four from the Champions Path and two from the League Path.

Those who added to the playoffs on August 10

Dinamo Zagreb, Legia Warsaw, Cluj, Young Boys, Olympiacos, Ludogorets, Sheriff Tiraspol, Malmo, Rangers, Ferencvaros

Qualifying games : August 17-18 and August 24-25

  • Salzburg (AUT) vs Brøndby (DEN)
  • Young Boys (SUI) vs Ferencváros (HUN)
  • Malmö (SWE) vs Ludogorets (BUL)
  • Sheriff (MDA) vs GNK Dinamo (CRO)

The four finalists will then be announced to be divided into groups.

Date of distribution of this year's games - August 26

Group games:

  • First Day Games - September 14-15
  • Second Day Games - September 28-29
  • Games day three - October 19-20
  • Games the fourth day - November 2-3
  • Fifth Day Games - November 23-24
  • Fifth Day Games - December 7-8

16 teams in the second round:

  • First round - February 15-16 and 22-23
  • Second Edition - March 8-9 and 15-16

Quarter Challenge :

  • First round - April 5-6
  • Second round - April 12-13

Closing fight:

  • First match - April26-27
  • Second game - May 3–4

Final day:

  • May 28, 2022 at the Saint Petersburg Stadium